A strong earthquake with a magnitude of 6.4 on the Richter scale
struck Pu'er City in Yunnan Province. About 180,000 people have
been displaced and 90,000 houses have collapsed following the
disaster.
Natural Disasters Kill 65 in
2007
Natural disasters had killed 65 Chinese people by June 4 this
year, the Office of the State Flood Control and Draught Relief
Headquarters said on Tuesday.
A total of 10 million people and 514,650 hectares of crops were
affected by the disasters, said Zhang Zhitong, deputy chief of the
office, adding that the country's major rivers see calm flow at
present.
According to the office, frequent rainstorms hit Chongqing city
and provinces of Hubei, Guangdong, Jiangxi and Anhui in May. The
branches of Jinsha River in southwestern Yunnan Province and
Ganjiang River in central Jiangxi Province saw their water level
exceed the warning lines.
The rainstorms caused flood and landslides in these regions
while the northern areas suffered severe drought as a result of
high temperature and lack of rainfall, said Zhang.
By May 31, 10.32 million people and 10.26 million livestocks had
suffered temporary drinking water shortage and 10.7 million
hectares of arable land were affected by the drought, according
statistics with the office.
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Disaster Relief Goods Transported to
Quake Victims
Makeshift tents are built to serve as temporary shelters for
seism-stricken residents in Ning'er, southwest China's Yunan
Province June 4. The first batch of disaster relief goods have been
transported to Ning'er, where a magnitude 6.4 earth quake took
place on Sunday, killing three, injuring at least 300 and forcing
the evacuation of 120,000 people.
A boy and his granny have their meal in a makeshift tent.
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Jet Li's Charity Fund Joins Relief
for Yunnan Earthquake
Chinese martial-arts superstar Jet Li's new charity fund, the
One Foundation, has donated 100,000 yuan (US$13,085) to the
earthquake-hit citizens in southwestern Yunnan Province.
An earthquake measuring 6.4 on the Richter scale hit the Ning'er
county of the Pu'er city on Sunday Morning, injuring more than 300
people. As of Tuesday, three people have been confirmed dead,
including a four-year-old boy.
Jet Li contacted his fund partner, the Red Cross Society of
China, immediately upon hearing the news. The donation arrived at
the disaster-hit area on the second day of the quake, according to
one-foundation.com, the official website for the fund.
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180,000 Displaced After Strong
Quake
About 180,000 people have been displaced and 90,000 houses have
collapsed following the earthquake in Yunnan Province, according to the Ministry of
Civil Affairs.
At least three people, including a four-year-old boy, were
killed and 313 injured in the quake that hit the tea-producing
Pu'er City and its surrounding area early on Sunday morning, when
most people were in bed. Twenty-eight seriously injured people are
still receiving treatment in the hospital.
The area has been rocked by 1,026 aftershocks, three of which
measured more than 3.0 on the Richter scale with the largest
registering 5.1. Experts warn of the possibility of more
aftershocks.
More than 2,000 army troops and armed police have joined the
rescue efforts in the county.
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3 Dead, 300 Injured in Yunnan
Quake
Three people have been confirmed dead, and at least 300 injured
after a strong earthquake measuring 6.4 on the Richter scale struck
southwest China's Yunnan Province on Sunday.
The dead included a four-year-old boy, who was sleeping with his
mother when the earth-built walls of their house collapsed in the
quake and buried them. The mother was rescued but efforts to reach
the boy failed.
The quake shook the old downtown area of Ning'er at 5:34 AM,
with the epicenter at 23 degrees north and 101.1 degrees east,
according to the China Earthquake Administration.
Twenty seriously injured people have been transferred to the
city's hospitals.
"The house was shaking hard," said Zhu Shoukang, a 60-year-old
man in a residential area of the county. He was sleeping when the
quake occurred. He immediately hid himself under the bed and
managed to come out of the house during the intervals of the
quake.
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Two Dead in Yunnan
Quake
Two people have been confirmed dead and over 300 others injured
after a strong earthquake with a magnitude of 6.4 on the Richter
scale struck southwest China's Yunnan Province on Sunday.
The quake shook the old downtown area of Hani and Yi Autonomous
County of Ning'er, in Pu'er City, at 5:34 AM, with the epicenter at
23 degrees north and 101.1 degrees east, according to the China
Earthquake Administration.
The quake also forced the evacuation of 120,000 residents, said
a spokesman for the provincial civil affairs department.
The local seismic bureau had recorded 14 aftershocks of at least
2.5 magnitude by 10:50 AM. The strongest occurred at 10:49 AM. with
a magnitude of 5.1, centered at 23.02 degrees north and 101.06
degrees east.
Some homes were destroyed and roads are severely damaged.
Communications, water and power supplies to the county were also
affected.
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(China.org.cn, June 2007)
